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Definition of "sometimes" []

  • At times; now and then. (adverb)
  • Obsolete At some previous time; formerly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sometimes" in a sentence
  • "She ­sometimes wants to mock oldsters for acting young and sometimes to help them do so."
  • "LINDENSCHMIED (_from this point on incessantly casting furtive glances sometimes at_ ANDREW, _sometimes at the gun_)."
  • "«modo ... modo», _now ... now, sometimes ... sometimes_"